RCB vs SRH Who Won the Toss Today? – Match 1 IPL 2026 Toss Update

Royal Challengers Bengaluru captain Rajat Patidar has won the toss and elected to bowl first in Match 1 of IPL 2026 against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the M Chinnaswamy Stadium. The toss took place at 7:00 pm IST, with the contest set to start at 7:30 pm IST. 

Toss Decision – Captain’s Comments & Reasoning

"We will bowl first as it is a season opener. There are a lot of positives from last season. We will try to defend our title. There are a lot of good players in the side, and there is back up for the injured players. I want to thank our fans for supporting us," Rajat Patidar said.

SRH skipper Ishan Kishan would have bowled first as well. 

"Feeling good as it is our first game. We would have bowled first as well, but it doesn't matter, as you will have to bat and bowl well to win a match. The plans are clear, and the players will have to execute in the middle," he said.

Playing XIs

SRH: 1 Abhishek Sharma, 2 Travis Head, 3 Ishan Kishan (capt & wk), 4 Heinrich Klaasen, 5 Nitish Kumar Reddy, 6 Aniket Verma, 7 Salil Arora, 8 Harsh Dubey, 9 Eshan Malinga, 10 Harshal Patel, 11 Jaydev Unadkat

Impact players Shivang Kumar, Liam Livingstone, David Payne, R Smaran, Sakib Hussain

RCB: 1 Virat Kohli, 2 Phil Salt, 3 Rajat Patidar (capt), 4 Jitesh Sharma (wk), 5 Tim David, 6 Romario Shepherd, 7 Krunal Pandya, 8 Bhuvneshwar Kumar, 9 Abhinandan Singh, 10 Jacob Duffy, 11 Suyash Sharma

Impact bench: Devdutt Padikkal, Jacob Bethell, Rasikh Salam, Kanishk Chouhan, Venkatesh Iyer

Toss Result Today – RCB vs SRH Match 1 IPL 2026 

Q1: Who won the toss today in the RCB vs SRH Match 1 IPL 2026?

RCB captain Rajat Patidar has won the toss and elected to bowl first.

Q2: What was the toss time today?

The toss took place at 7:00 pm IST.

Q3: Why did the captain choose to bowl first?

Rajat Patidar has decided to bowl first because of the good chasing history.

Q4: Where is today’s match being played?

M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru